Rolex 24 at Daytona 2020 – the last hours

The last eight hours of Rolex 24 at Daytona 2020 started with perfectly dry but cold air, and only eight degrees Celsius asphalt. Performance Tech Motorsports #38 went off track in Turn 2 but quickly came back again. After an hour and a half in the garage, Pfaff Motorsports Porsche #9 finally rejoined the field, after changing a drive shaft. Corvette Racing #4 was back on the track after being repaired for seven hours and fifty minutes! They would have only seven hours left of the race. Precision Performance Motorsports…

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Rolex 24 at Daytona 2020 – the middle hours

The opening race in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2020, Rolex 24 at Daytona, had hit a slow phase with two and a half hours of the green flag before something again happened on the track. Performance Tech Motorsports #38 went off the track in Turn 3 and had to use help to get back to the pits since the rear wheels couldn’t pull the car out of the tire barrier. The restart of the race was exciting, where both Acura Team Penske #7 and Riley Motorsports Mercedes #74, and shortly…

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Rolex 24 at Daytona 2020 – the first hours

The 58th edition of Rolex 24 at Daytona had a dry start in 20 degrees temperature when the 38 cars passed the green flag. Pfaff Motorsports Porsche #9 had taken Pole Position in GTD with Zacharie Robichon, Dennis Olsen, Lars Kern, and Patrick Pilet, ahead of Scuderia Corsa Ferrari #63 with Jeff Westphal, Toni Vilander, Alessandro Balzan and Cooper MacNeil, while Heinricher Racing w. Meyer Shank Racing Acura #57 with Trent Hindman, Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg and AJ Almendinger was P3. Christina Nielsen had qualified GEAR Racing Powered by Grasser…

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